Philips, BD Yet Again Issue Medical Device Security Alerts

The latest Philips alert issued on Aug. 21 deals with "resource exhaustion" flaws that put certain central patient monitoring systems at risk for denial-of-service attacks. The BD alert issued on Aug. 23 deals with authentication issues involving certain medical syringe pumps that are sold and used outside the U.S. Philips and BD have been more transparent than some other device manufacturers about cyber vulnerabilities, some experts say. And they hope other companies will follow their lead. "BD responded quickly and...